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  • Hardcover: 422 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books; illustrated edition edition (9 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843545845
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843545842
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 16.6 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of the period, 30 April 2008
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This review is from: The Industrial Revolutionaries: The Creation of the Modern World 1776-1914 (Paperback)
This book is one of a number of recent history books that are academically well researched, but are so well written with the layman in mind, that interest is maintained throughout and a truly remarkable story emerges. Rather than just concentrating on any one country's response to the industrial revolution, Gavin Weightman lays greater emphasis on the transmission of ideas between countries and continents, concentrating less on the well known (and often unjustifiably praised) pioneer inventors and more on the entrepreneurs or "fixers" who were ideas men who got unsung engineers in to turn their dreams into reality. What was especially fascinating for me were the stories relating to how Japan came late to industrialism but how within 50 years they had virtually caught the rest of the industrialised nations up.

There is an extensive bibliography for those who want to delve deeper into individual aspects of this subject, as it has to be admitted this is a sketch of what is obviously a much wider subject. Still it is a very good, interesting and thought provoking sketch which should appeal to anyone interested in this era of history.

One caveat would have to be that there are numerous typographical errors, stray hyphens and commas in my paperback edition which suggests that the proofs were just spell checked rather than read, but this is a minor quibble.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful and interesting, 22 April 2008
This is the perfect introduction for anyone wanting to learn of the origins of industry between 1776 and 1914. The chapters flow with interesting insights into the pioneers and inventors around the world at that time, with the end of one chapter acting as the introduction to the next.
It certainly removes some of the myths and legends that surround the inventions of the time, especially the Morse code chapter.
The books covers all the major technologies of the time in Europe and America in a most readable and non stuffy way.

A must for anyone interested in the history of this period.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, 10 Aug 2009
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Provides an insight into the forces (financial, economic and social) and people who helped to shape the world as we see it today.
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